Mine detail: Laguna Hedionda Norte Deposit

Previously called 'Laguna Hedionda'

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Location

Lat / long: -21.56423, -68.04949

Resource(B)

Primary: Sodium, Bromine
Secondary: Boron-Borates, Potassium, Lithium
Tertiary: Halite, Sulfur
Ore: Brine, Mirabilite, Ulexite
Gangue: Halite, Sulfur

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Evaporite
Associated type:Intermediate Volcanic Rock
Tectonic:Internal Drainage Basin

References

MRDSBL10033
DEP10086920
Reference{Deposit:: BALLIVIAN, O., AND RISACHER, F., 1981, LOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO DE BOLIVIA; METODOS DE ESTUDIO Y EVALUACION ECONOMICA: PARIS, OFFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER, 246P.}{Deposit:: RISACHER, FRANCOIS, AND FRITZ, BERTRAND, 1991, GEOCHEMISTRY OF BOLIVIAN SALARS, LIPEZ, SOUTHERN ALTIPLANO: ORIGIN OF SOLUTES AND BRINE EVOLUTION: GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, V. 55, P. 687-705.}{Deposit:: RISACHER, F., AND MIRANDA, J., 1976, INDICIOS DE INTERES ECONOMICO EN LOS SALARES DEL SUD LIPEZ: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES - *FFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER INFORME, 8 P.}{Deposit:: FIELD/LAB INVESTIGATIONS, 1990, USGS/GEOBOL}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981)}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, Keith R., Orris, Greta J., Mosier, Dan